COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THESIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6199 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 1 0 30

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To enable the student to show that he / she can carry out an independent piece of research on a theme in a scientifically sound manner and to demonstrate his/her ability to address a specific problem in a scientifically sound, ethical, thorough and precise manner in the course of a given period of time, and to help the student to communicate his or her findings convincingly.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend ethical guidelines to follow in research and how to avoid plagiarism
2   To address and solve a specific problem in a scientifically sound, thorough and precise manner in the course of a given period of time.
3   To learn how to deal with data sets or information gathered to reach a solution for the problem being tackled and how to present the thoughts and findings in a convincing way
4   Making a connection between interesting areas in science education and other disciplines
5   Making a connection between selected subject and current studies in literature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
2 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
3 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
4 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
5 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
6 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
7 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
8 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
9 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
10 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
11 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
12 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
13 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis
14 Studies in solving the problem being studied for the thesis

Recomended or Required Reading

Books and articles related to the thesis.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities is given as detailed in "Assessment Methods" and "Computing of working loads" sections.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students' Performance is evaluated by literature research, analyzing and organizing of data, reporting of findings, presentation of research in the end of semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 13:00 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparing assignments 7 10 70
Reading 15 30 450
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 674

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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